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Kiele Sanchez in “The Glades” and “Redemption Road”: Keeping At It

Let’s hear it for Kiele Sanchez. A Chicago native of Puerto Rican and French descent, she’s been pounding away at the Hollywood machine since she got here ten years ago–before that, in fact, when she competed in MTV’s the “Wanna Be a VH1?” in New York, back in 2000.

She made it to the top five finalists, but she didn’t win–and, of course, that didn’t stop her. Not much seems to stop Ms. Sanchez, in fact. The exposure on MTV got her and agent and a ticket to L.A., and it wasn’t long before she started landing roles in individual episodes and (sadly, at first, short-lived) series.

There was a time-travel drama called That Was Then on ABC and a sitcom called Married to the Kellys with Breckin Meyer, Read the rest of this entry »

The Alma Award Nominations: A Glitzy Trip Through a Familiar Neighborhood

Every awards show has its own personality. Some are young and flashy; some are dignified and a little intimidating; some are earnest, some are giddy. And some are hauntingly familiar, like that guy you met during that thing in that place–that guy who is just so familiar.

That’s the sense you get from looking down the list of this year’s Alma Awards: almost all the names, all the TV series and movies are comfortable and familiar. No surprises. Very little that’s new. And that, in it self, tells us something. This time it tells us that there are a whole lot of Latinos in front of the camera, and that’s good. But it Read the rest of this entry »

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